Chap. 722.—An ACT for relief of Sarah Wallen, the widow of Greenberry Wallen,
a Contederate soldier.

Approved March 3, 1898.

Whereas Greenberry Wallen, a deceased Confederate soldier of Vir-
ginia, a true and gallant soldier during the late war; was loyal to Vir-
ginia; and

Whereas he died from the effects of a wound in the side received in
battle, from which he lingered until eighteen hundred and ninety-two,
leaving behind his widow, Sarah Wallen, and a family of children in
destitute circumstances: therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the county
court of Lee shall examine into the condition of the above-named Sarah
Wallen, the widow of a Confederate soldier, and should it be that he was
true and loyal to Virginia through the war, and that she is now alflicted
and in destitute circumstances, and incapacitated for manual labor; that
she is needy and poor, and should receive aid from Virginia, and if the
county court of Lee should send a certificate of the facts to the auditor
of public accounts of Virginia, then the auditor of public accounts is
directed to place the name of Sarah Wallen on the pension list, and pay
her annually the sum of fifteen dollars, on and after the first day of
April, eighteen hundred and ninety- eight.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.